Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-10-20
CHEATED sv MS BROKER.

Last Century Lost An HI. Treasure.
First of all upon the list Of pirate.
stands the bold Captain Avary. one Of
the institutors Of NARROWING. Him VI
see but dimly. half hidden by the
| glamouring mists Of legend and tradi
ton. Others who came aftcrward out.
stripped him far enough in their do.
ings, but he stands pre-eminent as the
first of marooners of whom actual his.
tory has been handed down to US of the
present day.
When the English. Dutch and Span.
ish entered into an alliance to suppress
buccaneering in the West Indies. Ger.
tain worthless of Bristol. in Old En-.
gland. fitted out two vessels to assist
in this laudable project; for doubles:
Bristol trade suffered smartly from the
Morgans and the L Oionoises of that
old time. One Of these vessels was
named the Duke, of which certain
Captain Gibson was the commander
and Avary the mate
Away they sailed to the West In
dies, and there Avary became i'm.
pressed by the advantages offered by
piracy. and BY the amount of good
things that were to be gained by very
little striving.
One night the captain (who was one
of those fellows nightly addicted to
punch). instead of going ashore to sat.
urate himself at tho ordinary. had his
drink in his cabin in private. While
he lay snoring away the effects of his
rum in the cabin. Avary and a few
other conspirators heaved the anchor
very leisurely and sailed out of the
harbor of Corunna, and through the
midst of the allied fleet riding Mt an
Choir in tho darkness.
By and by, when the morning came.
the captain was awakened by the
pitching and tossing of the vessel,
the rattle and clatter of the tackle
overhead. and the noise of footsteps
passing and repassing hither and
thither across the deck
whats the mattera'' bawls the
captain from his berth.
Nothing" says Avary. coolly.
Something's the matter with the
ship" says the captain. docs she
drive? What weather is it?''
oh. no." says Avary; I'VE are a.
sea-"
"At sea?''
Come, GOMEZ says Avary; 'Tn
tell you; you must know that I'm tho
captain of the ship now. and you
must be packing from this here cabin.
We are bound to Madagascar. to make
all of our fortunes. and if you're a
mind to ship for the cruise. why, well
be glad to have you. if you will be
sober and mind your own business; if
not, there is boat alongside. and I'll
have you set ashore"
The poor half-tipsy captain had no
relish to go a-pirating under the com.
mand of his back-sliding mate. so out
of the ship he bundled. and away ho
rowed with four or FIVE of the crew,
who. like him. refused to join with
their jolly shipma!es.
The rest of them sailed away to tho
East Indies. On his way Avary
picked up couple Of like kind with
himself-two sloops off Madagascar
With these he sailed away to the coast
of India, and for time his name was
lost in the obscuri.y of uncertain his
tory. But only for time. for sud-
denly it famed out in blaze of glory.
1t was reported that a vessel belong
ing to the Great Mogul. laden with
treasure and bearing the monarch's
own daughter upon holy pilgrimage
to Mecca (they being Mohammedans).
had fallen in with the pirates, and
after short resistance had been sur
rendered. with the danisel. her court.
and all the diamonds, pearls. silk.
silver and gold aboard. 1t was
rumored that the Great Mogul, raging
Mt the insult offered to him through his
own flesh and blood. had threatened to
wipe out of existence the few English
settlements scattered along the coast;
whereat tho honorable East India Com
pany was in pretty state of fuss and
feathers. Rumor. growing with the
telling. has it that Avary is going to
marry the Indian Princess, willy-nilly.
and will turn Rajah and eschew piracy
as indecent AS for the treasure it
self. there is no end to the extent to
which it grew as it passed from mouth
to mouth.
Cracking the nut Of romance and
cxaggcration. we come to the kernel
of the story-that Avary did fall in
with an Indian vessel laden with great
treasure (and possibly with the Mo.
gurs daughter). which he captured.
and thereby gained vast prize.
Having concluded that he had earned
enough money by the trade he had I'M
he determined to retire
and live decently for the rest Of his
life upon what he had already
gained.
At first Avary had great part Of q |
mind to settle at Boston. in Massachu-
sets, and had that little town been